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Jeff Thomas dismissed from Miami football

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NE Canes said:
Well, you may not realize this but Brad was not as good Peyton Manning.

But it was mainly because it was not the offense best suited for Brad. It took Mark most of the season and several losses to realize Brad was having more issues with the pass part of the RPO. Once he dumped it Brad did much better.

Sure if he had four years with Brad maybe he would have improved but you could see very early that Brad was having problems with it.

And although many do not know what the RPO is, a few more think they know what it is because they know what it stands for but can't explain how it works.
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The reason Kaaya struggled for the first half of 2016 was that Richt insisted on putting him under center and making him take 5 and 7 step drops in a 2 back offense. When Richt dumped the pro style sets and stuck Kaaya in the shotgun and let him sling it, the offense and Kaaya came alive. It had nothing to do with RPO calls. Like 90% of college quarterbacks, Kaaya is more comfortable in the shotgun where he can see the field better and not have to worry as much about footwork and drop backs.
 
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1mg of Epi said:
Don’t think the best use of kaaya was outta shotgun.
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HurricaneHauk said:
Why wasn’t it suited

It’s a pretty simple offense, you either hand it off or pass it
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This may be why be you don't understand why it wasn't suited.

Do you really think anything going on on the field is really that simple? I mean why would any team lose...all they are doing is passing an catching.

Like I said...Do not understand the RPO at all.
 
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DTP said:
The reason Kaaya struggled for the first half of 2016 was that Richt insisted on putting him under center and making him take 5 and 7 step drops in a 2 back offense. When Richt dumped the pro style sets and stuck Kaaya in the shotgun and let him sling it, the offense and Kaaya came alive. It had nothing to do with RPO calls. Like 90% of college quarterbacks, Kaaya is more comfortable in the shotgun where he can see the field better and not have to worry as much about footwork and drop backs.
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good point ...... give your QB less to try to think about
 
DTP said:
The reason Kaaya struggled for the first half of 2016 was that Richt insisted on putting him under center and making him take 5 and 7 step drops in a 2 back offense. When Richt dumped the pro style sets and stuck Kaaya in the shotgun and let him sling it, the offense and Kaaya came alive. It had nothing to do with RPO calls. Like 90% of college quarterbacks, Kaaya is more comfortable in the shotgun where he can see the field better and not have to worry as much about footwork and drop backs.
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Well, you are half right.

BK had difficulty with the reads and would hardly ever, almost never, pass the ball. Thus the RPO had no real pass option and became one dimensional.
 
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DTP said:
The reason Kaaya struggled for the first half of 2016 was that Richt insisted on putting him under center and making him take 5 and 7 step drops in a 2 back offense. When Richt dumped the pro style sets and stuck Kaaya in the shotgun and let him sling it, the offense and Kaaya came alive. It had nothing to do with RPO calls. Like 90% of college quarterbacks, Kaaya is more comfortable in the shotgun where he can see the field better and not have to worry as much about footwork and drop backs.
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That's what he played in Chaminade. Richt tried to change his feet placement and all that bull chit. It was counter intuitive to Kaaya's personal QB coach. Feel low key bad for him. I think Kaaya left early to get the **** out of here, imo.
 
canesmang1 said:
Someone just said basically “if Peyton Manning could do it, so could kaaya.” Boy I’ve heard it all
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It is because many people still think the run option in RPO means that the QB runs, rather than the QB decides to hand off to the RB. It was probably said that way since Payton is not known for running so if the person thinks the run options is for the QB rather than the RB then they are still misinformed after all this time.
 
PanteraCanes said:
It is because many people still think the run option in RPO means that the QB runs, rather than the QB decides to hand off to the RB. It was probably said that way since Payton is not known for running so if the person thinks the run options is for the QB rather than the RB then they are still misinformed after all this time.
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Not really.

He knows what the RPO is but for some reason commented that if Peyton could run it then BK should be able to as well. I actually think he was trying to say if a non running QB like Peyton could run it then Brad could run it.
 
canesmang1 said:
Someone just said basically “if Peyton Manning could do it, so could kaaya.” Boy I’ve heard it all
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The point was that people assume the QB has to be able to run which is why I brought up manning because he was a statue yet the broncos still ran rpo which has nothing to do with the QBs ability to run

Sorry your pea brain couldn’t comprehend that
 
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Jack71 said:
Why didn't he just look back to the season Kaaya was tearing it up and had many saying he'd be a first round pick and stay with that? I think Richt has been on a mission to prove he was wronged by UGA and because of that, is stubbornly taking a "my way or the highway" approach to everything.
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He did change it up, just took about half a season too long. But everything u say is accurate
 
Not sure why Kaaya became a controversial figure.

Anyway, my bigger issue with "how we used Kaaya" wasn't what we asked him to do, it's what we asked the OL to do! That OL wasn't built for the 5 to 7 step drops. VT in particular exploited that.

There wasn't a throw Richt asked Kaaya to make that he couldn't, and he could read a defense better than any QB we had here in over a decade. When we put him and the OL in a position to succeed (shotgun, spread, Njoku in slot) we were one of the hottest offenses down the stretch. I wish we would have started the season that way.
 
Lokest said:
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Greatest TV show ever.
 
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From a poster on an Illinois forum who has connections to Jeffs high school... "Jeff noticed he wasn't getting targeted for over a month and express concerns. Once he did that, the staff at Miami kind of turned on him and started calling him selfish. The bottom line, he wanted to win and it didn't appear that Miami felt he was the answer. They started having issues with everything he did which created an uncomfortable situation. He pretty much was limited against Virginia Tech and was taken out of the line up at practice that following Sunday. After practice he met with his position coach and told him "if you are not going to play me I will just transfer". They had words and it didn't go well. Miami tried to reach out to him to rectify the situation on Monday and Tuesday before announcing his dismissal on Wednesday. He met with the HC and they agreed to part ways. All the extra stuff was an attempt on Miami's behalf to publicly explain why their best offensive weapon was looking to transfer."
 
Sean00 said:
From a poster on an Illinois forum who has connections to Jeffs high school... "Jeff noticed he wasn't getting targeted for over a month and express concerns. Once he did that, the staff at Miami kind of turned on him and started calling him selfish. The bottom line, he wanted to win and it didn't appear that Miami felt he was the answer. They started having issues with everything he did which created an uncomfortable situation. He pretty much was limited against Virginia Tech and was taken out of the line up at practice that following Sunday. After practice he met with his position coach and told him "if you are not going to play me I will just transfer". They had words and it didn't go well. Miami tried to reach out to him to rectify the situation on Monday and Tuesday before announcing his dismissal on Wednesday. He met with the HC and they agreed to part ways. All the extra stuff was an attempt on Miami's behalf to publicly explain why their best offensive weapon was looking to transfer."
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Seems legitimate and completely unbiased.
 
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NE Canes said:
Well, you are half right.

BK had difficulty with the reads and would hardly ever, almost never, pass the ball. Thus the RPO had no real pass option and became one dimensional.
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That's not true, Kaaya threw the bubbles out of the RPO look often, he rarely ever pulled the ball and ran however because he was not very athletic.
 
Rellyrell said:
That's what he played in Chaminade. Richt tried to change his feet placement and all that bull chit. It was counter intuitive to Kaaya's personal QB coach. Feel low key bad for him. I think Kaaya left early to get the **** out of here, imo.
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Right, because Brad Kaaya was such an elite QB before Richt screwed him up.
 
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